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Originally Posted by Russ
Is there really a perception that in Wales there are children growing up only speaking Welsh and not knowing any English at all?
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The reality is that kids are being educated in Welsh, but switch back to English as soon as they walk out the school gates because their mates speak English, their computer games are in English, the films they see and the music they want to listen to are in English. And after their schooldays, most work is in English.
And no legislation is going to change that. Those that want the language to prosper should do so by winning the hearts and minds of people, not by making it law.
But political groups don't want that, they want allegiance to their cause by playing on nationalistic sentiment. And we all know what happened when that sort of mass brainwashing happened in Europe, and why many refer to Welsh language activists as language nazis....